Sinners is filled with plenty of amazing scenes that make it more than worth a viewing. From the mesmerizing and time-bending musical moment in the juke joint to the bloody final battle, Ryan Coogler’s vampire epic offers up spectacle with touches of cultural reverence. A moment from the film that’s truly injected with those two aforementioned elements is the “Rocky Road to Dublin” scene. I’ve been thinking about the well-staged sequence since I saw the movie, and some new details on its creation make me love it even more.
The “Rocky Road to Dublin” segment takes place after vampire Remmick (played perfectly by Jack O’Connell) and followers Lola and Burt convert a group of juke joint patrons into nocturnal blood-suckers. While Smoke, Annie and their remaining allies try to devise a way to deal with the supernatural creatures, Remmick performs the Irish folk song alongside his followers. Not only does the villain emphatically belt out the tune, but he dances to it as well.
